Agency file

Mental Health

Source file: Los Angeles County — Employee Salaries (Auditor-Controller) / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Mental Health oversees public health and medical services — disease prevention, clinics and hospitals, and health licensing and regulation.

In 2025, this agency had 6,395 employees with median total compensation of $137,568; the highest distinct record was $838,434.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $976.5M
Employees: 6,395
Median total: $137,568
Highest record: $838,434

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

-$172$484,007+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 6,395 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($137,568) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $94,639 (62%)
Overtime — $1,904 (1%)
Other — $8,546 (6%)
Benefits — $47,615 (31%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$58,292

$100,361

$137,568

$186,976

$235,448

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $235,448 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $58,292. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).